




I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task by God assigned me,
For the bright hopes yet to find me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story
Who suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The heroic of all ages,
Whose deeds crowd History's pages,
And Time's great volume make.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is a union
'Twixt Nature's heart and mine;
To profit by affliction,
Reap truth from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfill God's grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted ones foretold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone by gold;
When man to man united,
And every wrong thing righted,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was of old.
I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For the Heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrong that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And the good that I can do.
-George Linnaeus Banks-
7 comments:
Love em!!!
You and David not going to make an appearance on the card?
I love the one of him sitting with his hat pulled down! It may not look like Christmas but at least it looks cold!
wow, those are adorable. It has a sort of "Dennis the Menace" feel.
I love it!! Very not-seriously-so-blessed:) I like the one with his hat over his eyes. How are you feeling?
When I saw them on Facebook Christmas Pics was what I thought of first. They are so cute and he's a stud!
oh my hell patti (sorry for my use of words) BUT these pics freakin ROCK..your lil boy is a freakin stud!! these are awe-some!! you allready know i love your work...how fun!! these turned out GREAT:)
They look great Patti! Lovin' the attitude in them.
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